Frederic R. Scott papers [manuscript], 1929-1992.

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Frederic R. Scott papers [manuscript], 1929-1992.

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The collection consists of circa 65 notebooks containing containing field records, banding records, bird breeding records, Christmas bird counts and general correspondence of Frederic R. Scott. The collection also includes materials relating to his tenure as editor of "American Bird" and "The Raven." Correspondents include Robert L. Ake, Mitchell A. Byrd, Ruskin S. Freer, Guy Friddell, George A. Hall, Charles O. Handley, YuLee Larner, Brooke, Meanley, J. J. Murray, Richard H. Peake, Fred J. Pierce,James L. Riopel, Chandler Robbins, and Alexander Wetmore.

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Meanley, Brooke

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Larner, YuLee,

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Murray, Joseph James, 1890-1973

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Murray was pastor of the Lexington Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Virginia from 1924-1957 and was a well-known ornithologist. Prior to his pastorate, he was a superintendent of home missions in the Wilmington, N.C. presbytery. From the description of Diaries, 1920-1968. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 193995850 ...

Handley, Charles O. (Charles Overton), 1924-2000

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Charles Overton Handley was a naturalist who worked for the U.S. National Museum. Handley was born on July 14, 1924, in Longview, Texas. The summer between high school and college he joined an expedition from the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology to collect mammals in the Southern Appalachians. He received his bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech in 1944. He went on to earn his master's degree in 1947, and in 1955 a PhD in mammalogy at the University of Michigan. During his studies he c...

Virginia Society of Ornithology

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Society dedicated to the prservation of birds and their environment in Virginia and surrounding Mid-Atlantic area. From the description of Virginia Society of Ornithology archives [manuscript], 1929-2001. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 226821902 ...

Pierce, Fred J.

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Scott, Frederic R.

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Editor for "American Birds" and "The Raven." From the description of Frederic R. Scott papers [manuscript], 1929-1992. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 226822160 ...

Peake, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1934-

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Robbins, Chandler S.

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Riopel, James L.

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Byrd, Mitchell,

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Ake, Robert L.

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Freer, Ruskin Skidmore, 1894-

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Hall, George (Auctioneer)

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Auctioneer and estate administrator, Salem County, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1829-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70940217 ...

Friddell, Guy

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Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

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(Frank) Alexander Wetmore (1886-1978), ornithologist, avian paleontologist, and science administrator, was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, serving from 1945 to 1952. He was born in North Freedom, Wisconsin, the son of Nelson Franklin and Emma Amelia (Woodworth) Wetmore. He developed an early interest in birds and at the age of eight made his first field journal entry--an observation on the pelican recorded on a family vacation to Florida in 1894. His first published paper, "M...

Scott, Frederick R.

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